The Knights of the Order

Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby

The Knights of the Order Ernle Bradford. - New York : Dorset Press, 1991, ©1972. - 245 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Originally published in 1972 by Eton Court Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.

Crusaders -- The Order of St. John -- Crusaders in the East -- Eternal warfare -- The armoured men -- An end and a beginning -- Crusaders in exile -- An island home -- Rhodian spring -- Death to dragons -- The wind and the sea and the ships -- From fire comes fire -- Siege -- Peace and power -- By order of the Sultan -- The end of a dream -- "Two fine, large harbours" -- Knights and corsairs -- Opponents -- Attack -- The territory of the Knights -- Aftermath and city -- Lepanto and Malta -- Seventeenth century -- More medical than military -- Decline ... -- ... and fall -- A phoenix from the ashes.

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CR4723 / .B73 1991

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